EP3679283B1 - Verriegelungsmechanismus für einen ventilgriff - Google Patents

Verriegelungsmechanismus für einen ventilgriff Download PDF

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EP3679283B1
EP3679283B1 EP18786008.5A EP18786008A EP3679283B1 EP 3679283 B1 EP3679283 B1 EP 3679283B1 EP 18786008 A EP18786008 A EP 18786008A EP 3679283 B1 EP3679283 B1 EP 3679283B1
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Paul Nicholas WHITELEY
Steve Currid
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16K—VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING
    • F16K35/00—Means to prevent accidental or unauthorised actuation
    • F16K35/02—Means to prevent accidental or unauthorised actuation to be locked or disconnected by means of a pushing or pulling action
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16K—VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING
    • F16K35/00—Means to prevent accidental or unauthorised actuation
    • F16K35/02—Means to prevent accidental or unauthorised actuation to be locked or disconnected by means of a pushing or pulling action
    • F16K35/022—Means to prevent accidental or unauthorised actuation to be locked or disconnected by means of a pushing or pulling action the locking mechanism being actuated by a separate actuating element
    • F16K35/025—Means to prevent accidental or unauthorised actuation to be locked or disconnected by means of a pushing or pulling action the locking mechanism being actuated by a separate actuating element said actuating element being operated manually (e.g. a push-button located in the valve actuator)
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16K—VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING
    • F16K31/00—Actuating devices; Operating means; Releasing devices
    • F16K31/44—Mechanical actuating means
    • F16K31/60—Handles
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16K—VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING
    • F16K31/00—Actuating devices; Operating means; Releasing devices
    • F16K31/44—Mechanical actuating means
    • F16K31/60—Handles
    • F16K31/602—Pivoting levers, e.g. single-sided
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16K—VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING
    • F16K35/00—Means to prevent accidental or unauthorised actuation
    • F16K35/04—Means to prevent accidental or unauthorised actuation yieldingly resisting the actuation
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16K—VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING
    • F16K35/00—Means to prevent accidental or unauthorised actuation
    • F16K35/06—Means to prevent accidental or unauthorised actuation using a removable actuating or locking member, e.g. a key
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16K—VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING
    • F16K37/00—Special means in or on valves or other cut-off apparatus for indicating or recording operation thereof, or for enabling an alarm to be given
    • F16K37/0058—Optical means, e.g. light transmission, observation ports
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16K—VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING
    • F16K5/00—Plug valves; Taps or cocks comprising only cut-off apparatus having at least one of the sealing faces shaped as a more or less complete surface of a solid of revolution, the opening and closing movement being predominantly rotary
    • F16K5/06—Plug valves; Taps or cocks comprising only cut-off apparatus having at least one of the sealing faces shaped as a more or less complete surface of a solid of revolution, the opening and closing movement being predominantly rotary with plugs having spherical surfaces; Packings therefor

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  • the present invention relates to a valve handle locking mechanism and valves and handles incorporating such mechanisms.
  • Valves, and especially ball valves typically have stops for controlling the handle between fully opened and fully closed positions while still allowing intermediate positions if desired.
  • a valve In some, but not all, applications, a valve is left in one of a fully opened or a fully closed position. In most installations, it is undesirable to inadvertently change the selected fully open or fully closed position. However, in some installations it is desirable to frequently change the position of the valve, and to use partially open/closed positions. Prevention of inadvertent movement of a valve between these positions can be accomplished in a number of ways, including, for example, valve locks.
  • WO2015/057610 discloses a locking collar which slideably fits over the control handle of a valve, such as a ball valve, and can be moved to locking and unlocking positions.
  • the collar includes a pair of fork-like tines which are spaced apart to span a stop member on the valve body.
  • One of the tines includes a tab with a threaded aperture for receiving a threaded adjustment screw.
  • the screw When tightened against the stop member, the screw secures the locking collar and, therefore, the valve handle in a fixed position, preventing inadvertent changing of the valve position.
  • An aperture in the handle allows a lock to be inserted through the handle preventing movement of the locking collar to prevent changing of the valve position by unauthorized tampering.
  • the handle has to be specially formed, with an aperture in, to receive the bail of a padlock.
  • the locking collar is arranged on a downwardly inclined section of the handle, so it is urged (by gravity) towards the locked position, making one-handed operation of the valve difficult (since the collar needs to be held away from the locked position and the handle turned simultaneously).
  • One handed operation is of course desirable, since the other hand is likely to be holding the padlock that will be used to lock the valve in position. This can also be irritating if the handle is to be moved frequently.
  • CN 201739548 U discloses a valve according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the present invention aims to provide an improved valve handle locking mechanism.
  • a locking mechanism for a valve handle comprising a slider arranged to slide back and forth in a slot in the valve handle, between a lock position, in which the slider engages with a stop on the valve body and an unlock position, in which the slider does not engage with a stop.
  • More than one stop may of course be provided.
  • two stops may be provided, one corresponding with the fully closed position of the valve and one corresponding to the fully open position of the valve (as these are the positions at which it is most likely that a user will wish to lock the handle).
  • the slider is arranged to slide through the slot and on one side of the slot may comprise an engagement means, for example a pair of spaced apart tines, for engaging with the stop on the valve body.
  • the slider may comprise a padlock receiving means, such as an aperture at the opposite end from the engagement means, thus the padlock receiving means may be arranged on the opposite side of the slot from the engagement means.
  • the padlock receiving means may be arranged to be accessible when the slider is in the lock position and inaccessible when the slider is in the unlock position.
  • the aperture (or indeed another aperture in the slider at the opposite end from the engagement means) may be threaded, or partially threaded, so as to receive a correspondingly threaded fastener.
  • the locking mechanism may comprise such a threaded fastener.
  • the slider may comprise a grip.
  • the grip may be sized and/or shaped such that it cannot be pulled through the slot - this prevents the slider from being removed.
  • the engagement means on the slider may be sized and/or shaped such that it cannot be pulled through the slot. In this way, permanent connection of the slider (in the sense that it cannot be removed without breaking it) can be achieved.
  • the locking mechanism may comprise a retention mechanism to retain the slider in the lock position and to retain the slider in the unlock position.
  • the retention mechanism can provide positive tactile feedback to a user, indicating that the lock position, or unlock position has been reached, and can prevent the slider moving under vibration or its own weight.
  • the retention mechanism may comprise a resilient (or resiliently mounted) projection on the slider engageable with a corresponding depression in the handle or valve body.
  • the retention mechanism may comprise a resilient depression on the slider engageable with a corresponding projection in the handle or valve body.
  • the retention mechanism could comprise a depression on the slider engageable with a corresponding resilient (or resiliently mounted) projection in the handle or valve body.
  • the retention mechanism could comprise a projection on the slider engageable with a corresponding depression in the handle or valve body.
  • the handle may be provided with a viewing window, through which a part of the slider in the slot can be viewed.
  • the slider may be provided with indicia indicating whether it is in the lock or unlock position.
  • the indicia indicating it is in a lock position may be visible through the window when it is in the lock position and indicia indicating it is in the unlock lock position is visible through the window when it is in the unlock position. This allows an easy and rapid understanding of whether the handle is locked or unlocked.
  • the indicia may have a common part visible in both the lock and unlock position. This can allow for larger indicia to be used, since the entirety of one indication need not be obscured when the other becomes visible.
  • the handle may have an elongate lever and the slot may extend in the same longitudinal direction as the longitudinal axis of the lever.
  • the engagement means may be arranged on the same side of the slot as the lever, whereas the grip and/or the padlock receiving means may be arranged on the opposite side to the lever.
  • the slot may be arranged to extend through an attachment portion of the handle, where it is attached to the valve. Attachment may be by way of a fastener having a long axis, e.g. a threaded fastener, extending through a coaxial bore through the attachment portion and the slot may be arranged axially outwardly of the fastener. Thereby, with the slider inserted, access to the fastener is prevented.
  • a fastener having a long axis e.g. a threaded fastener
  • the slider is formed in at least a first part and a second part, the two parts being assembled from opposite sides of the slot
  • the two parts may be connected by means of a snap fit. This makes assembly particularly straightforward.
  • the first part may comprise the engagement means and the first part may be formed of metal, or another strong material.
  • the first part may extend through the slot and may be provided with padlock receiving means on the opposite side of the slot from the engagement means.
  • the second part may comprise the grip and/or the indicia and may be formed of a resilient material, optionally a more comfortable less heat-conductive material, such as a plastics material, which may be weaker than the material of the first part.
  • the second part may comprise the part of the retention mechanism.
  • the second part may comprise a resilient projection on the slider engageable with a corresponding depression in the handle or valve body.
  • the second part may comprise the thread, or partial thread, for receiving a threaded fastener.
  • This two-part arrangement especially when using different materials, such as a plastic and a metal can thus achieve a number of improvements over the prior art, drawing on the various benefits of the materials, such as the resilience of the plastic part, which allows it to snap fit to the metal part simplifying assembly and avoiding the need for glue, to envelope the metal part where strength is required, and to project from the metal part where resilience in use is required.
  • the second part may envelope the first part in the region of the grip, the indicia and the padlock receiving means (and where the padlock receiving means is an aperture in the first part, may have a corresponding aperture to allow access to the aperture through the first part), but it may project away from the first part (for example, beyond an axial end of the first part) in the region of the retention mechanism.
  • the invention extends to a valve having a valve body comprising one or more stops and a valve handle and comprising the locking mechanism as set out above.
  • valve may be a ball valve.
  • a method of providing a locking mechanism for a valve handle comprising inserting a slider through a slot in the valve handle, such that it is arranged to slide back and forth in the slot between a lock position, in which the slider engages with a stop on the valve body and an unlock position, in which the slider does not engage with a stop.
  • the method comprises inserting a slider comprising at least two parts into the slot.
  • the method comprises inserting one part of the slider into the slot from one side and the other part of the slider into the slot from the other side.
  • the method comprises inserting one part of the slider into the slot from one side and the other part of the slider into the slot from the other side, such that they connect together by snap-fitting.
  • the locking mechanism of the second aspect of the invention may be the locking mechanism as defined in the first aspect of the invention, including any optional features.
  • valve 1 is shown.
  • the valve 1 is a ball valve, comprising a valve body 2, a ball 3, seals/spacers 4 and connectors 5 for connection to pipework (not shown).
  • a spigot 6 connects the ball 3 to an elongate handle 7, with seals 8 and spacers 9 provided between the spigot 6, the valve body 2 and the handle 7 to avoid leaks.
  • the handle 7 is attached to the spigot 6 by a threaded fastener 10.
  • An insert is provided in the handle 7 (along its longitudinal axis) to allow for detail, such as branding, and/or colour.
  • the locking mechanism for the valve handle 7 includes stops 12a, 12b formed on the valve body at a right angle to one another, so as to correspond in the fully open and fully closed positions of the valve 1.
  • the stops 12a, 12b extend from the (upper) surface of the valve body 2, beneath the handle 7.
  • the stops 12a, 12b are arranged to engage with engagement means 13 in the form of a pair of fork-like downwardly depending spaced apart tines of a slider 14.
  • the slider 14 is formed of a first part 15 and a second part 16, which are shown in detail in figures 2a to 2d and snap-fit together.
  • the first part 15 provides strength to the slider and it is this part which comprises the engagement means 13. It is formed from metal, for example steel or aluminium, for example by stamping a shaped strip from sheet metal and bending it. The strip is shaped to form the tines of the engagement means 13 and bent such that these tines depend downwardly at a first end of the strip. An aperture 17 is punched through the first part near the opposite end of the first part 15. The aperture 17 is sized to receive the bail of a padlock (not shown).
  • notches 18 are formed to receive corresponding resiliently laterally inwardly biased teeth 19 arranged on the underside of the second part 16 of the slider 14, such that the first part 15 and the second part 16 snap fit together.
  • the two parts 15, 16 of the slider are connected together with a slot 20 extending through the handle 7 in the region where it is connected to the valve body 2 (so as to engage the stops 12a, 12b).
  • the handle 7 of this embodiment has a substantially cylindrical attachment portion 21 (for attachment to the spigot 6 and hence the ball 3), and an integrally formed elongate lever 22, for the user to grip and turn.
  • An intermediate upwardly inclined portion 24 of the handle 7 extends between the lever and the attachment portion.
  • the slot 20 extends through the attachment portion 21 near the top of the handle 7, but just below the lever 22. It extends in the same longitudinal direction as the axis of the lever 22.
  • a deeply countersunk bore 23 is provided through the attachment portion coaxially with the spigot, such that the head of the threaded fastener 10 sits at the bottom of the deeply countersunk part of the bore 23.
  • the slot 20 is arranged axially outwardly of (above) the head of the threaded fastener 10, but axially inwardly of (below) the lever 22 as set out above.
  • Wings 31 are provided in the attachment portion extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the lever 22, below the upwardly inclined portion 24 of the handle 7. These wings 31 extend either side of the slider 14, so as to shield it (reducing the chance of dirt or detritus entering the mechanism, or a user trapping fingers).
  • the second part 16 of the slider 14 (best seen in figures 2a-2d ) is formed of a resilient material, such as a plastics material, suitably by injection moulding. As with the first part 15, it is substantially strip-shaped. The second part 16 is arranged to sit on top of the first part 15 when snap-fitted thereto, and has an aperture 25 corresponding to the aperture 17 through the first part.
  • the aperture 25 is formed to provide a partial thread 32, best seen in figure 5 , so as to receive a correspondingly threaded fastener 33, best seen in figure 6
  • a grip 26 is provided.
  • This grip 26 provides a comfortable part for a user to grab, in order to reciprocate the slider 14 back and forth in the slot 20.
  • the grip 26 is deeper than the remainder of the second part 16 of the slider 14, and whilst the slot 20 is sized to allow the slider 14 to reciprocate therein (being slightly taller than the combined depth of the first and second parts), it is shorter than the depth of the grip 26, to avoid the slider 14 being pushed right into or through the slot 20.
  • Indicia 27 is provided on the upper surface of the slider 14, in this embodiment by means of a cutout through the second part 16 of the slider 14, by way of which the upper surface of the first part 15 of the slider 14 is visible.
  • the indicia 27 is arranged to be visible through the countersunk part of the bore 23 through the attachment part of the handle 7, such that the countersunk part of the bore 23 acts as a viewing window.
  • the indicia 27 in this embodiment forms an image of the body of a padlock, which can be seen whether the slider 14 is in the lock or unlock position, with an open hasp at one end and a closed hasp shown at the other end of the body of the padlock.
  • the images of the hasps are arranged such that the open hasp is visible, but the closed hasp obscured when the slider 14 is in the unlock position and vice versa in the lock position.
  • the second part 16 of the slider 14 is longer than the first part 15 and in addition to extending slightly beyond the end of the first part 15 of the slider 14 in the region of the grip 26, it extends beyond the opposite end, where the engagement portion 13 depends downwardly. Since it is formed from a resilient material, it is able to bend in this region where it is not atop the first part 15. In its natural state, the second part 16 continues straight beyond the end of the first part 15. However, it is capable of bending downwards, and is provided, at its end, with an upwardly extending projection 28, in this embodiment a part-spherical lump or protuberance.
  • the resilient projection 28 cooperates with first and second depressions 29, 30, visible in figures 3 and 4 formed in the underside of the handle 7 (in this embodiment in the region of the intermediate portion 24, between the generally cylindrical attachment portion 21 and the lever 22).
  • the co-operation is such that the resilient projection 28 engages with the first depression 29 (which is arranged radially closer to the axis of the cylindrical portion 21) when the slider 14 is in the lock position and the resilient projection 28 engages with the second depression 30 (which is arranged radially further from the axis of the cylindrical portion 21) when the slider 14 is in the unlock position.
  • the projection 28 and the depressions 29, 30 constitute a retention mechanism to retain the slider 14 in the lock position and to retain the slider 14 in the unlock position. This provides a tactile response to the user, indicating that the unlock/lock position has been reached, and prevents rattling and/or accidental movement of the slider 14 due for example to vibrations, or just under its own weight, in the event that the slider 14 is not arranged horizontally.
  • valves 1 can be arranged at various angles on pipes, and, for example, may be arranged on vertically extending pipes, which would completely alter the references (and lead to a situation as set out above, where the weight of the slider 14 could urge it towards one position or the other, were it not for the retention means).
  • the terms up/down etc. are used not in a limiting sense, but for the sake of specifically describing the one specific embodiment in an arrangement shown.
  • the slider 14 can be reciprocated between a lock position and an unlock position.
  • the lock position is shown in figure 3 .
  • the grip 26 is pulled out away from the slot 20, this pulls the part of the slider 14 in which the aperture 17 is formed out of the slot 20, pulls the part of the indicia 27 showing the closed hasp of the padlock into the viewing window, obscuring the unlocked hasp, and most importantly brings the engagement means 13 into engagement with the stop 12a or 12b (depending on the position of the handle 7), such that the tines are arranged either side of the stop 12a, 12b and movement of the handle 7 is restricted.
  • the hasp of a padlock (not shown) can be put through the aperture 17 and closed to prevent the slider 14 from being pushed back through the slot 20 to disengage the engagement means 13 from the stop 12a, 12b.
  • the user may take the option of securing the slider 14 with a screw 33 instead of the padlock.
  • This is not as high security as using a padlock as the user only requires a tool instead of a key to disengage, but can provide an installer with a quick way to lock the valve 1 temporarily to prevent tampering and accidental operation.
  • the slider 14 can be pushed through the slot 20 to the unlock position shown in figure 4 , in which the engagement means 13 is arranged radially outwardly of the stops 12a, 12b, and rotation of the handle 7 between the open and closed positions of the valve 1 is possible.
  • Pushing the grip 27 inwards also moves the grip 26 adjacent to the handle 7, moves the aperture 17 into the slot, so that it is no longer accessible, changes the part of the indicia 27 that is visible through the viewing window (to show the image of the padlock body and the unlocked hasp), and of course moves the projection 28 of the retaining means from the radially inner, first, depression 29, to the radially outer, second, depression 30, such that the movement from one position to the other can be clearly felt by the user.
  • the slider 14 can be left in the unlock position and the handle 7 adjusted at will.
  • the grip 26 can be pulled outwards, moving the slider 14 to the lock position shown in figure 3 and discussed above.
  • this is accompanied with a satisfying and positive tactile response as the projection 28 moves from the second depression 30 to the first, and in this position, a padlock (not shown) can be applied as discussed above.

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  1. Ventil (1) mit einem Körper (2), der einen oder mehrere Anschläge (12a, 12b) und einen Ventilgriff (7) aufweist und einen Verriegelungsmechanismus für den Ventilgriff (7) aufweist, wobei der Verriegelungsmechanismus einen Schieber (14) aufweist, der in einer Ausnehmung (20) in dem Ventilgriff (7) zwischen einer Verriegelungsposition, in der der Schieber (14) mit einem Anschlag (12a, 12b) an einem Ventilkörper (2) in Eingriff steht, und einer Entriegelungsposition, in der der Schieber (14) nicht mit dem Anschlag (12a, 12b) in Eingriff steht, vor und zurück verschiebbar angeordnet ist, wobei der Schieber (14) aus wenigstens einem ersten Teil (15) und einem zweiten Teil (16) gebildet ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der erste Teil (15) des Schiebers (14) von einer Seite in die Ausnehmung (20) eingesetzt ist und der zweite Teil (16) des Schiebers (14) von der anderen Seite in die Ausnehmung (20) eingesetzt ist.
  2. Ventil nach Anspruch 1, wobei der Schieber (14) zum Verschieben durch die Ausnehmung (20) angeordnet ist, und wobei der Schieber (14) auf einer Seite der Ausnehmung (20) ein Eingriffsmittel (13) aufweist, um mit dem Anschlag (12a, 12b) an dem Ventilkörper (2) in Eingriff zu gelangen, und wobei der Schieber (14) an der dem Eingriffsmittel (13) gegenüberliegenden Seite des Schiebers (14), auf der dem Eingriffsmittel (13) gegenüberliegenden Seite der Ausnehmung (20), wahlweise ein Aufnahmemittel (17) für ein Vorhängeschloss und/oder eine Öffnung (25) mit einem Gewinde oder teilweise mit einem Gewinde aufweist, und wobei das Aufnahmemittel (17) für ein Vorhängeschloss und/oder die Öffnung (25) mit einem Gewinde oder teilweise mit einem Gewinde zugänglich angeordnet ist, wenn sich der Schieber (14) in der Verriegelungsposition befindet, und unzugänglich angeordnet ist, wenn sich der Schieber (14) in der Entriegelungsposition befindet.
  3. Ventil nach Anspruch 2, wobei das Eingriffsmittel (13) an dem Schieber (14) so bemessen und/oder gestaltet ist, dass es nicht durch die Ausnehmung (20) herausgezogen werden kann, und/oder wobei der Schieber (14) ein Griffstück (26) aufweist, das so bemessen und/oder gestaltet ist, dass dieses nicht durch die Ausnehmung (20) hindurchgezogen werden kann.
  4. Ventil nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche mit einem Rückhaltemechanismus zum Zurückhalten des Schiebers (14) in der Verriegelungsposition und zum Zurückhalten des Schiebers (14) in der Entriegelungsposition, und wobei der Rückhaltemechanismus wahlweise einen elastischen oder elastisch gelagerten Vorsprung (28) an dem Schieber (14) aufweist, der in eine entsprechende Vertiefung (29, 30) in dem Griff (7) oder Ventilkörper (2) eingreifen kann.
  5. Ventil nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Griff (7) mit einem Sichtfenster (23) versehen ist, durch das ein Teil des Schiebers in der Ausnehmung (20) betrachtet werden kann.
  6. Ventil nach Anspruch 5, wobei der Schieber (14) mit Zeichen (27) versehen ist, die anzeigen, ob dieser sich in der Verriegelungs- oder Entriegelungsposition befindet, wobei Zeichen (27), die anzeigen, dass dieser sich in einer Verriegelungsposition befindet, durch das Sichtfenster (23) sichtbar sind, wenn dieser sich in der Verriegelungsposition befindet, und Zeichen (27), die anzeigen, dass dieser sich in der Entriegelungsposition befindet, durch das Sichtfenster (23) sichtbar sind, wenn dieser sich in der Entriegelungsposition befindet, und wobei die Zeichen (27) wahlweise einen sowohl in der Verriegelungs- als auch in der Entriegelungsposition sichtbaren gemeinsamen Teil aufweisen.
  7. Ventil nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei der Griff (7) einen länglichen Hebel (22) aufweist und die Ausnehmung (20) sich in die gleiche Längsrichtung wie die Längsmittelachse des Hebels (22) erstreckt.
  8. Ventil nach Anspruch 7, wobei das Eingriffsmittel (13) auf derselben Seite der Ausnehmung (20) wie der Hebel (22) angeordnet ist, wohingegen das Griffstück (26) und/oder das Aufnahmemittel (17) für ein Vorhängeschloss und/oder die Öffnung (25) mit einem Gewinde oder teilweise mit einem Gewinde auf der dem Hebel (22) gegenüberliegenden Seite angeordnet ist.
  9. Ventil nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei die beiden Teile (15, 16) durch eine Schnappverbindung verbunden sind, und wahlweise wobei das zweite Teil (16) das Griffstück (26) und/oder die Zeichen (27) aufweist und/oder aus einem elastischen Material gebildet ist.
  10. Ventil nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, wobei das zweite Teil (16) aus einem Kunststoffmaterial gebildet ist, das weicher als das Material des ersten Teils (15) ist, und wahlweise wobei das erste Teil (15) die Eingriffsmittel (13) aufweist und das erste Teil (15) aus Metall oder einem anderen festen Material gebildet ist.
  11. Ventil nach Anspruch 2 oder einem unmittelbar oder mittelbar von diesem abhängigen Anspruch, wobei das erste Teil (15) sich durch die Ausnehmung (20) hindurch erstreckt und an der dem Eingriffsmittel (13) gegenüberliegenden Seite der Ausnehmung (20) Aufnahmemittel (17) für ein Vorhängeschloss und/oder eine Öffnung (25) mit einem Gewinde oder teilweise mit einem Gewinde aufweist.
  12. Ventil nach Anspruch 4, wobei der zweite Teil (16) einen Teil des Rückhaltemechanismus und/oder den in die Vertiefung (29, 30) in dem Griff (7) oder Ventilkörper (2) eingreifbaren elastischen Vorsprung (28) an dem Schieber aufweist, und wahlweise wobei der zweite Teil (16) den ersten Teil (15) in dem Bereich eines/des Griffstücks (26), eines/der Zeichen(s) (27) und eines/des Aufnahmemittel(s) (17) für ein Vorhängeschloss umhüllt, aber von dem ersten Teil (16) über ein axiales Ende des ersten Teils (16) in dem Bereich des Rückhaltemechanismus hinaus weg ragt.
  13. Verfahren zum Bereitstellen eines Verriegelungsmechanismus für einen Ventilgriff (7), umfassend Einsetzen eines Schiebers (14) durch eine Ausnehmung (20) in dem Ventilgriff (7), sodass dieser zwischen einer Verriegelungsposition, in der der Schieber (14) mit einem Anschlag (12a, 12b) an dem Ventilkörper (2) in Eingriff steht, und einer Entriegelungsposition, in der der Schieber (14) mit einem Anschlag (12a, 12b) nicht in Eingriff steht, vor und zurück verschiebbar angeordnet ist, und weiter umfassend Einsetzen eines wenigstens zwei Teile (15, 16) umfassenden Schiebers (14) in die Ausnehmung (20), Einsetzen eines Teils (15) des Schiebers (14) in die Ausnehmung (20) von einer Seite und des anderen Teils (16) in die Ausnehmung (20) von der anderen Seite.
  14. Verfahren nach Anspruch 14, umfassend Einsetzen eines Teils (15) des Schiebers (14) in die Ausnehmung (20) von einer Seite und des anderen Teils (16) des Schiebers (14) in die Ausnehmung (20) von der anderen Seite, sodass diese sich durch eine Schnappverbindung miteinander verbinden.
  15. Verfahren nach Anspruch 13 oder 14, wobei der Verriegelungsmechanismus der Verriegelungsmechanismus nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 12 ist.
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